Process of making artificial cream.



Harman c; BECKMAN AND enozaen E. DYCK, or CHICAGO, rumors.

rnocnss orMAKIu'e An'rIrIcIAI. CREAM.

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Be it known that we, HERMAN C. BECK- MAN and GEORGE EQDYGK, citizens of the economy as a substitute for natural cream in any ofthe uses to which cream is now put, and which has all the physical properties ofnatural cream.

A. further object of our invention isto provide a food product which is readily digestible and at the same time highly nourishing and relatively free from germs. A further object of our invention is to produce a substitute for cream which may be sold at a less price than natural cream, and of which the supply is not subject to be curtailed. A; further object of our invention is to produce a substitute for natural cream which may be preserved in sealed vessels'for a considerable time without spoiling. An article fulfilling the objects above stated is produced by the process of our invention described in our copending case, Serial No. 631,791, filed June 1911. In manufacturing this article we take for example, beef fat orin 'lieu thereof, butter 7 fat, together with either full milk, condensed1 milk, milk. prepared with milk powder, or skim milk, and 'milk sugar or any other sugarorgglucosefand lecithin, and

f these we combine in suitable manner, one

satisfactory dissolve'the lecithin in it, the lecithin being soluble in such fat, The milk sugar or other sugar is dissolved in the milk, in .full milk or skim milk," whichever may :he used;

These-two mixtures are then united, asfo example by pouring bothnf them into a'co jacket, or h'ay'vingsome other suitable agita ing and heating arrangement. We finddesirable,altho1igh' not essential to put the milk with the sugar dissolved in it into thecontainer first and then heat that mixture, to start the agitator, and then pour in the fat solution with the lecithin dissolved in 'it,

methodof which we find to be as follows: i

" We melt thebeef or butter fat, and then Specification .of Ietters ratent. Patented Feb, 13, 191'? Y 1 Application filed August 7, 1911, Serial No. 642,723.

the same having previously been heated tobring 1t to a liquid state. Then the entire mixture is pasteurized and then emulsified. It is then taken out and cooled, preferably by running it through some suitable cooler or cooling apparatus. To this mixture after cooling we may though not necessarily, add a certain amount of calcium saccharate, commonly known in the trade as viscogen. The

gum tragaca'nth, gum arabic, Iceland moss,

Irish moss, and carrageen moss, We have obtained good results also by merely oxidizing the produce after pasteurization by blowing through it air or air containing ozone. In the step of oxidizing the product we find that ozone possesses a remarkable efliciency and produces a superior article. We prefer,

however, to'use starch since it is eflicient and unobjectionable from the standpoint of health. We find that the so-called thickening agents mentioned above serve not only to thicken the product, but also serve as binding or stabilizing agents, preventing the separation of the oil or fat from the milk base, except under unusual circumstances.

If. desired we canladd some ingredient which will serve as coloring matter, such ingredient being well lmown on the market. We can then, if desired, add other ingredients which are at times desirable to add. For instance wecan add any one or more,

or. allof the following: cholesterol, phytosterol, orrlipochrome. These are all natural ingredients of cream and will serve to give the gproductmore of the properties of the inaturalifarticle. These elements may be addeither-in addition to or in place of leci- Theyarez desirably added prlor. to

'steuon, If: desired, we willT'also -add', and these would alsodesirably be added prior-topasteurization, any one ormore or all of the glycerids of the following -ac1ds,- to-w1t:

acetic, but ric, caproic, caprylic, capric, .laur1c,'mynst1c, palmitic, stear1c, arachidic 65 same effect is produced if sugar in excess of and oleic, the same being ingredients of natural cream.

The cream made by this process will. be clean and pure, the whole having been pasteurized and the various elements having been inspected and purified as required by pure food laws, before they are used. Itwill be seen that all of the ingredients used with the exception of calcium saccharate or viscogen, are natural ingredients of cream, the viscogen beingsimply used as a thickener. The glycerid of butyric acid will serve to flavor the product, it being one of L the natural flavoring elements. The cream is thoroughly wholesome and palatable and resembles natural cream very closely, and can be used in all the ways that natural cream can be, either as such, or by being manufactured into other products such as butter, ice cream and pastry and the like.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

1. The process of making artificial cream which consists in preparing a mixture of a fat base, a milk base, pasteurizing and emulsifying the whole, and adding a binding ingredient.

2. The process of making artificial cream Which consists in preparing a mixture of fat and sugar dissolved in milk, heating and agitating the same, pasteurizing and emulsifying the whole, and adding a thickening ingredient.

3. The process of making artificial cream which consists in preparing a mixture of beef fat and sweetened milk, heating and agitating the same, adding one or more ingredients of natural cream, asteurizing and emulsifying the whole, and then adding a thickening ingredient.-

4. The process of making artificial cream which consists in preparing a mixture of an oleaginous substance and a milk base, pasteurizing and emulsifying the same and adding starch.

5. The process of making artificial cream which consists in preparing a mixture of a fat base, a milk base, lecithin, pasteurizing and emulsifying the whole, and adding starch.

which consists in preparing a mixture of a fat base, a milk base, adding natural ingredients of cream, pasteurizing and emu1- sifying the whole, and adding a stabilizing HERMAN o. BECKMAN. euoaen E. DYCK.

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A. LYDA Jornrs, HAZEL Jones.

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